:32:01
As time went on we saw less and less
of Teddy and Vern...
:32:05
... until eventually they became
just two more faces in the halls.
:32:09
It happens sometimes.
:32:11
Friends come in and out of your life
like busboys in a restaurant.
:32:15
I heard that Vern got married
out of high school, had four kids...
:32:18
... and is now the forklift operator
at the Arsenault Lumber Yard.
:32:22
Teddy tried to get into the Army,
but his eyes and his ear kept him out.
:32:26
Last I'd heard
he'd spent some time in jail...
:32:28
... and was now doing odd jobs
around Castle Rock.
:32:39
I'm never gonna get out of this town,
am I, Gordie?
:32:44
You can do anything you want, man.
:32:49
Sure.
:32:58
Give me some skin.
:33:09
I'll see you.
:33:10
Not if I see you first.
:33:17
Chris did get out.
:33:18
He enrolled in the college courses with me.
:33:20
And although it was hard,
he gutted it out like he always did.
:33:24
He went on to college
and eventually became a lawyer.
:33:27
Last week,
he entered a fast-food restaurant.
:33:30
Just ahead of him,
two men got into an argument.
:33:33
One of them pulled a knife.
:33:35
Chris, who'd always made the best peace,
tried to break it up.
:33:39
He was stabbed in the throat.
:33:41
He died almost instantly.